S2 E26: Betsy Devos Part 1

08/13/20 • 61 min

Kieryn and Eve discuss Devos' history and relationship to HSLDA to begin understanding what her recent attack on public education means and why HSLDA isn't fighting against the free government money they are notorious for hating. Hint: It's not good. Show Notes: Fact Sheet on the Devos Plan https://www.ncpecoalition.org/trump-voucher-plan Kushner's COVID plan https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/07/how-jared-kushners-secret-testing-plan-went-poof-into-thin-air True Believer https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780060505912 Background https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betsy_DeVos HSLDA finds an Ally in Devos https://onenewsnow.com/education/2017/05/28/devos-championing-homeschool-freedom-whslda Devos is de-funding the public schools by giving that money to parents instead https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/betsy-devos-coronavirus-private-schools/2020/06/15/0c484d94-a50b-11ea-b473-04905b1af82b_story.html Things we didn't even get to: - https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/influential-conservative-group-trump-devos-should-dismantle-education-department-and-bring-god-into-classrooms/2017/02/15/196bf872-f2df-11e6-8d72-263470bf0401_story.html - https://www.forbes.com/sites/rebekahbastian/2020/07/19/how-educational-inequality-in-america-could-be-impacted-by-the-homeschooling-pod-frenzy/ - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-22/parents-working-from-home-want-more-support-for-home-schooling - https://www.christianheadlines.com/contributors/michael-foust/if-schools-dont-open-the-funding-should-go-to-the-parents-trump-says.html

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Kieryn and Eve are joined by special guest, Eileen (Eve's mom!) to answer questions about homeschooling through COVID19, how to handle periods of estrangement, and the importance of relationships with your kids. Note from Kieryn: Hi today I was your audio producer, so you may notice some echos and weird sound residue, this is because I'm not a professional just covering for one on vacation. :3 Sorry about the weird feedback. Dave will be back soon! Show Notes: CRHE Home Educators Course: https://responsiblehomeschooling.org/courses/ Reb Bradley's piece: http://www.familyministries.com/HS_Crisis.htm Patreon: https://patreon.com/kitchencultpod

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S2 E27: Betsy Devos Part 2

In a follow up on the first episode on Betsy DeVos, Kieryn and Eve are joined by listener Kristin to hear about her experience as a public school educator during the reign of DeVos. What has changed? What's been the impact of those changes? What should we be looking out for this fall? Show Notes: Research: http://bit.ly/devosnotes follow Kristin: https://twitter.com/musicalgal123